The English translations used in this article are from noted Chinese translator Xu Yuanchong. Silk—Washing Stream is a poem by Song Dynasty poet Li Qingzhao (1084-1155), one of the leading female ...

living as he did at a time that produced excellent poetry, but it was not until a couple of hundred years later in the Song Dynasty was he acclaimed as a ‘Sage Poet’ for his compassion for ...

Latte art has got nothing on the ancient Chinese art of drawing on tea foam whipped up with a bamboo whisk, these days using ...

The imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), the Song Mausoleums, are in western Gongxian County, Henan Province. Except for Emperor Hui Zong, named Zhao Ji (1082-1135), and Qin ...

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